Select Committee · Human Rights (Joint Committee)

The UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership and Human Rights

Status: Closed Opened: 24 May 2022 Closed: 24 Nov 2022

In July, the Government signed an agreement with Rwanda to send asylum seekers who have arrived in the UK illegally to have their asylum claims processed in Rwanda. Claimants would not be allowed to return to the UK and would receive asylum support in Rwanda and either settlement in Rwanda or return to their country …

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
8 Jun 2022 Colin Yeo · Garden Court Chambers, Dr Hazel Cameron · Pearl International Insights, Stephanie Harrison QC · Garden Court Chambers View ↗